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Greg Kroah-Hartman Makes Compelling Case for Kernel Drivers Be Written in Rust

phoronix.com

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The TOMY Screwball Scramble

medium.com

“THIS THING HERE — right — Screwball Scramble [pointing to the gameboard]. This was the sh...
“THIS THING HERE — right — Screwball Scramble [pointing to the gameboard]. This was the sh — .”Drinks On Me from the UK passionately reviewed a childhood game to his TikTok viewers. His video chalked up over fifteen thousand views as he demonstrated scoring on the tricky gameboard, delivering a hilarious analysis.“N...

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What Makes a Great Software Engineer (Dissertation) [pdf]

washington.edu
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WonderHuman: 3D avatars from single-view video

arxiv.org
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Scented products cause indoor air pollution on par with car exhaust

newatlas.com

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IVF insurance startup Future Family promises a baby or your money back

techcrunch.com

For decades, couples going through in vitro fertilization have had to spend tens of thousands of...
For decades, couples going through in vitro fertilization have had to spend tens of thousands of dollars on the procedures with no guarantee of success. It’s not only an emotionally draining process, but a financially exhausting one as well. San Francisco-based startup Future Family wants to help ease some of that b...
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AI Killed the Tech Interview. Now What?

kanenarraway.com

Absolutely nobody likes the hiring process. Not the managers hiring, not the recruitment people, and certainly...
Absolutely nobody likes the hiring process. Not the managers hiring, not the recruitment people, and certainly not the candidates.Tech interviews are one of the worst parts of the process and are pretty much universally hated by the people taking them. We’ve all heard stories of people being asked comp sci questions...

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The 8-Bit Era's Weird Uncle: The TI-99/4A

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It’s been awhile since I’ve looked at an architecture that’s completely new to me, and I...
It’s been awhile since I’ve looked at an architecture that’s completely new to me, and I haven’t done any since creating my new scheme for dedicated platform guides. I’ve now gotten enough material together that I can kick off an exploration of a new platform for me: the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A. For this new intr...
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Build your own SQLite in Rust, Part 5: Evaluating queries

sylver.dev

In the previous posts, we've explored the SQLite file format and built a simple SQL parser....
In the previous posts, we've explored the SQLite file format and built a simple SQL parser. It's time to put these pieces together and implement a query evaluator! In this post, we'll lay the groundwork for evaluating SQL queries and build a query evaluator that can handle basic SELECT statements. While our initial ...
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What should I expect from moving tech jobs from USA to Europe?

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Show HN: MOS6502 in pure Lua running in WebAssembly

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1972 Unix V2 "Beta" Resurrected

tuhs.org
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Why FreeBSD is the right choice for embedded devices

klarasystems.com

In the crowded landscape of open source operating systems, one thing is clear: not all "open"...
In the crowded landscape of open source operating systems, one thing is clear: not all "open" systems are created equal. When discussing truly open systems—ones that provide real freedom, flexibility, and innovation—there is an elephant in the room: the GPL.The GPL isn't just an abstract licensing debate; it’s a fun...
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Subsea fibre optic cable deliberately cut for the 2nd time between N.S. and N.L

cbc.ca

Telecommunications giant Bell is exploring surveillance options in the Gulf of St. Lawrence after one of...
Telecommunications giant Bell is exploring surveillance options in the Gulf of St. Lawrence after one of its subsea fibre optic cables between Cape Breton Island and Newfoundland's west coast was recently severed for the second time.David Joice, the company's director of networks, said it's suspected that an anchor ...
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Show HN: OpenAstra – Chat based open-source alternative to Postman

github.com
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Amazon Chime End of Life Feb/2026

amazon.com

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Things you can do to clean up a fresh install of Windows 11 24H2 and Edge

arstechnica.com

There are two reasons I can think of not to sign in with a Microsoft account....
There are two reasons I can think of not to sign in with a Microsoft account. The first is that you want nothing to do with a Microsoft account, thank you very much. Signing in makes Windows bombard you with more Microsoft 365, OneDrive, and Game Pass subscription upsells since all you need to do is add them to an a...
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I built a large language model "from scratch"

brettgfitzgerald.com

I’m a machine learning / A.I. hobbyist. The technologies fascinate me, and I can’t seem to...
I’m a machine learning / A.I. hobbyist. The technologies fascinate me, and I can’t seem to learn enough about them. Sebastian Raschka’s book, Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch) caught my eye. I don’t recall how I stumbled on it, but I found it when it was still in early access from Manning Publications. I p...

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Bloodflowtrixi.jl – 1D and 2D blood flow models for arterial circulation

github.com
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Malaysia is betting on data centers to boost its economy

apnews.com

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia (AP) — Winson Lau has always had contingency plans. But he wasn’t prepared...
JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia (AP) — Winson Lau has always had contingency plans. But he wasn’t prepared for data centers.Lau relies on water and electricity to operate his thriving export business in Malaysia’s Johor province, where he raises a kaleidoscope of tropical fish in rows of aquariums, including albino fish with ...

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Apple’s closed-source approach is losing out to AI app builders

telkins.dev

As a long-time iOS developer, it's frustrating — to say the least — as I watch...
As a long-time iOS developer, it's frustrating — to say the least — as I watch the entire development landscape change while we are stuck in place. I've tried lovable.dev and a0.dev to build some websites and apps and the experiences feel magical. Meanwhile, we barely have a working Github Copilot in Xcode and every...
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I ditched my Pi-hole but still block ads with NextDNS

mattsayar.com

I love the idea behind the Pi-hole: block ads at the DNS layer so ads never...
I love the idea behind the Pi-hole: block ads at the DNS layer so ads never even reach your devices. No ads, no trackers, and no worries about your extensions breaking! Works network-wide! Unfortunately, it caused me more grief than joy.I love most things about the Pi-hole. It gave me a great excuse to buy a Raspber...
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Journalists launch legal action against Italian government over spyware claims

theguardian.com

Italy’s national union for journalists has submitted a criminal complaint to prosecutors in Rome after Giorgia...
Italy’s national union for journalists has submitted a criminal complaint to prosecutors in Rome after Giorgia Meloni’s government shut down questions in parliament over suspicions it had illegally used spyware technology to hack the phones of critics instead of criminals.The legal action on Wednesday was triggered ...
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The Ultra-Scale Playbook: Training LLMs on GPU Clusters

huggingface.co
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